flutter

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form flutter

Third-person singular flutters

Past tense fluttered

Past participle fluttered

Present participle fluttering

1. (intransitive) If something flutters, it moves unsteadily quickly right and left or up and down, often because of wind.

   She was very sleepy, but from time to time, her eyes fluttered open.

   The leaves fluttered down from the trees and around the house.

   Three bright flags fluttered in the wind.

   The wind set the leaves of the tree fluttering.

   Leaves flutter when the wind blows.

   A candle flame will flutter if the wind blows.

Noun

Singular flutter

Plural flutters

1. (countable) A flutter is a quick movement up and down or left and right.
2. (countable) A flutter is the sound of this movement.